# Accident 20020508018139A: Cessna 150M, Forest, VA, May 8, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2002, 18:32 local time
- Place: Forest, VA
- Airport: New London Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2717° N, 79.3358° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2717&lon=-79.3358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63123, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63123-2005-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020508018139A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1832 ON MAY 8, 2002, STUDENT PILOT WANDA WINGO, ATTEMPTED THE FIFTH LANDING OF HER SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO AT NEW LONDON AIRPORT (W90). WHE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 WITH CALM WINDS IN VFR CONDITIONS. DURING THE LANDING PHASE SHE FLARED TOO HIGH, LANDED HARD, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE BETWEEN THE MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR. AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED, THEN SLOWLY FLIPPED OVER THE NOSE TO AN INVERTED POSITION. MRS. WINGO WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BY HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL AND WAS ADMITTED TO LYNCHBURG GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR A SEVERE LACERATION TO THE FOREHEAD AND A RUPTURED VERTEBRA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC02LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA095), May 8, 2002: Cessna 152M (N63123), Forest, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare and failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in a nose over.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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